Constitution is India’s biggest strength: PM

NEW DELHI: The Constitution is the “biggest strength” that is helping the country move forward with all its diversities and vigour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, emphasising that the Indian Constitution is “open and futuristic” and that it propagates “modern vision” which can strengthen the democracy.

“A country about which it was feared that it would not be able to keep its Independence intact, which was feared to get disintegrated, is moving forward with all its vigour and diversities. And behind all this, our biggest strength is our Constitution,” said the PM, as he spoke at an event organised by the Supreme Court to celebrate the Constitution Day.

“We the people” written at the beginning of the Preamble of the Constitution, Modi said, are not just some words but a pledge and a belief. “This is the basic spirit of India, which has been the mother of democracy in the world... In today’s global circumstances, the eyes of the whole world are on India. Amid India’s rapid growth, fast-growing economy and international image, the world is looking at us with great expectations,” he added.

In his address, Modi also recalled the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and paid tributes to those who lost their lives. “Today is also the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Fourteen years back, when India was celebrating its Constitution and citi